Acute Renal Failure in the Critically Ill

Over the last 10 years the syndrome of severe acute renal failure has progressively changed in its epidemiology. It is now most frequently seen in critically ill patients, typically in the context of sepsis and multiorgan failure. This epidemiologic change has meant that intensive care physicians an...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bellomo, Rinaldo (Editor), Ronco, Claudio (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1995, 1995
Edition:1st ed. 1995
Series:Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Pathology of Acute Renal Failure
  • Experimental Acute Renal Failure
  • Pathophysiology of Acute Renal Failure
  • Mechanisms of Tissue Damage in Acute Renal Failure
  • Renal Epithelial Repair After Acute Tubular Necrosis
  • Prevention of Acute Renal Failure in the Critically Ill Patient
  • Epidemiology of Acute Renal Failure
  • Measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate in the Acutely Ill Patient: The Challenge to the Nephrologist in the Intensive Care Unit
  • Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Renal Failure
  • Drug-Induced Acute Renal Failure
  • Hepatorenal Syndrome — Current Concepts of Pathophysiology and Therapy
  • Acute Renal Failure in the Neonate: Treatment by Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
  • Conventional Hemodialysis for Acute Renal Failure
  • Continuous Hemofiltration in Acute Renal Failure
  • Blood Purification by Hemofiltration in Septic Shock and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome Patients
  • Nutrition in Acute Renal Failure
  • Immunology of Acute Renal Failure in the Critically Ill
  • Adequacy of Renal Replacement Therapy
  • Acute Renal Failure in the Intensive Care Unit: Which Treatment Is Best?
  • Drug Use in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Renal Failure